From Kitty Hawk to Apollo 11, it took just over 60 years to iterate the machines that would take humans to the moon… Iterative play is powerful. It can produce astonishing results in a relatively short time. We designed and tested, redesigned and retested. With each iteration we recognized increasing diversity among the designs, as we reimagined the paper airplane.
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